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7 Obstacles to Creative Reasoning and Solutions

Creative Reasoning and Solutions

By Abdulmojeed RafiuPublished 3 years ago 3 min read
7 Obstacles to Creative Reasoning and Solutions
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We can all be creative; it's in our nature. It is crucial to who we are on a daily basis. The problem is that we repeatedly limit our natural creativity, which leads us to make poor judgments and give ourselves more problems than we should. Here are seven ways to keep the conduits of your regular inventiveness open and wide open.

1. Try to avoid raising suspicions. We regularly turn "u" and "me" into a "ass" at the exact moment we expect. Suppositions are examples of indifferent reasoning. Basically, we don't wait around to collect all the information we need to make the best decisions.

Advice: Simply wait till you gather all the information before making decisions when you feel the need to.

2. Consider Things From a Variety of Angles. A properly open-minded attitude will realize that, in alongside the fact that people have other perspectives that are equally important to their own, these other perspectives may actually be more valid. According to a legend, the early artist Pablo Picasso were once traveling across Spain when he engaged in conversation with a wealthy financial manager who was dismissive of modern craftsmanship. He pulled out a picture of his significant other from his wallet and added, "This is proof that cutting edge workmanship didn't as expected address reality."This is how my better half should look, not in any senseless adapted portrayal," the speaker said. This is your significant other, Picasso asked after taking the image and briefly looking it over. The financial expert made a happy gesture. Picasso remarked sarcastically, "She's little.

Advice: Avoid syndication of the state of affairs. Things are not always as they seem. Be prepared to consider other viewpoints.

3. Avoid using Yo Thinking. Certain people frequently have a tendency to change their mindset based on what they see in front of them, going from an incredibly certain one instant to a deeply regrettable one the next. It oscillates between up and down like a yo-yo. It's unquestionably better to maintain your neutrality and control of your emotions.

Remember that things are rarely as wonderful—or as terrible—as you think they are.

4. Get Rid Of Sluggish Reasoning Tendencies. A major barrier to accurate perception and another example of lethargy is propensity. Try this analysis out. Make a note of the Scottish surnames Macdonald, Macpherson, and Macdougall and ask someone to pronounce them. Put the word "Apparatus" after these right now and observe what happens. Undoubtedly, a lot of people will mispronounce it. This is due to the fact that we frequently assume the worse and can live without things that don't make sense.

Don't assume that just because something happened once with a specific objective in mind, it will happen that way again.

5. Try to think more like a young person and avoid thinking like an elderly person. According to research, a child of two has a higher concentration of neurotransmitters—also known as associations—than a typical adult. This is justified by the fact that, whereas a child of two parents does not have a constricting viewpoint, adults do. Similar to how a stone carver begins with a large block of dirt and then gradually removes it as he shapes the model. We can actually halt and reverse the process of the brain maturing if we think properly like a child and accept everything without bias.

Don't worry about the legend being ancient enough. You can improve your intellectual prowess if you have the correct upgrade and a desire to learn.

6. Keep both the higher perspective and the detail in mind. A poem by John Godfrey Saxe titled "The visually challenged Men and an Elephant" may be familiar to you. This story describes how six blind Indostani men visit a huge elephant and each make an effort to figure out what it is by making touch with it. One blind man makes contact with the tusk, another with the trunk, another with the tail, etc. They obviously get remarkably different conclusions because they are unable to view the complete elephant.

Try to keep the 10,000-foot vision in front of you as you look for nuances. It will help in setting everything up and putting items where they belong.

7. Possess an independent thought. In many organizations that value action over imagination, taking time to reflect is still frowned upon. People who engage in imagination-compelled associations are likely to think as they ought to, as others may infer, or as thinking has always been done. It mirrors the narrow-minded sentiment that Hans Christian Anderson describes in his narrative of "The Ruler's New Garments". The emperor has been duped into believing he have on a gorgeous outfit for his coronation party while hiding the fact that he is naked from view of everyone in the land.

Only a sickly young guy who is not a part of social indoctrination may recognize truth and yell, "Look, everyone, the Ruler wears no garments!"

Don't let other people tell you how to think, as a general rule. When someone asks your opinion, give it to them directly.

All in all, if you incorporate these 7 steps into your everyday reasoning, you'll be astounded at how effortless it becomes to come up with original, creative, and workable solutions to problems in your daily life.

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